Your Facebook conversations are now fodder for news orgs’ Public Feeds – In a move straight from Twitter’s playbook, Facebook is partnering with major news organizations to find and display conversations around keywords. If people or pages with public profiles are talking about specific events, Facebook partners like CNN, Slate, The Today Show, Buzzfeed, and BSkyB will embed those conversations in a Public Feed.

How to cut the Google cord – Even longtime users of Gmail, Google Drive, and Google search will find switching to competing services a painless and ultimately rewarding process.

Six incredibly beautiful Live Wallpapers for your Android – Breathe fresh air into your Android device with one of these stunning live wallpapers. I’ve put together a small collection of my favorite Live Wallpaper apps for Android, some of which are free. The apps mentioned here are uniquely different from each other and represent some of the best available for the platform today.

Facebook releases new search tools for news organizations – Facebook is set to launch a couple of new search tools aimed at helping these organizations to figure out what Facebook users are talking about. The search tools will undoubtedly be used by marketers as well looking for topics they can target to sell products and services. The tools are focused on helping people gain insight into conversations going on in real time centered on things such as television shows, news topics, and sporting events.

Company News:

Google gives more in EU antitrust case to avoid fines – Google has been facing some serious heat in Europe with the European Commission investigating the Internet giant over allegations that it was preventing competition within the market. The investigation was specifically looking into concerns that Google is blocking competitors, such as Microsoft, when it comes to search results returned online. The investigation has been ongoing for the last three years.

Verizon argues it should be able to block websites – Verizon Communications should be able to block its broadband customers from going to websites that refuse to pay the provider to deliver their traffic, a lawyer for Verizon told an appeals court Monday.

Windows execs shuffled as Microsoft pushes phone, PC, and Xbox closer – Microsoft has reportedly shuffled some of its high-level managers and executives within the Windows unit. The reorganization comes as Microsoft works to push its phone, PC, and Xbox closer together. Some the changes are significant with faces familiar to those who follow Microsoft closely no longer in familiar positions.

Roku enhances Android app with Play on Roku video streaming – Roku has just announced that its Roku Android app has just gotten a new talent: streaming videos from phones to TVs via the Play on Roku feature. The update comes just a month after Roku announced the addition of video streaming to its iOS app, promising an Android version for selected devices to come later.

Off Topic (Sort of):

Catching the stars – Roger Angel is one of the world’s most brilliant and audacious engineers. Could he design the next energy revolution? (recommended by Michael F.)

The 50 essential skills for surviving modern life – Times have changed and old skills such as darning socks have been replaced by new ones such as searching the internet. A KAZ survey has turned up the Top 50 skills people need for modern life, and this is your workforce today…

Something to think about:

“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.”

– Bob Thaves

Today’s Free Downloads:

Everything Home for Android 1.0.688 – Love your phone again with Everything Home. With over a million downloads in the first three months, Everything Home changes the way people feel about their phones. Your smartphone can now be as exciting and dynamic as your life, constantly adapting to your needs and interests at any given moment.

Puran Utilities 3.0 – A set of more than 20 software utilities including but not limited to utilities that can help you get the best performance out of your computer. It also provides an automatic and a one click solution to keep your computer clean and error free.

U.S. and U.K. spies crack BlackBerry BES encryption, report says – The U.S. National Security Agency is able to read messages sent via a corporate BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), according to a report by German news magazine Der Spiegel. The purpose of this spying is economic or political, and not to counter terrorism, the magazine hints.

Yahoo and Facebook chase US surveillance freedom as Google demands transparency – Facebook and Yahoo have petitioned the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for permission to reveal how many personal data requests are made by the government, joining Google and Microsoft in taking a stand against secret snooping. The new suits, which join an amended Google transparency petition the search engine filed today, see Facebook and Yahoo voice concerns that they are unable to give any greater detail on what user information is disclosed in the name of national security than the raw overall numbers.

7 responses to “Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 10, 2013”

RE: Verizon argues it should be able to block websites; I can’t even comprehend the idiocy required to think that they could implement this. Web hosts pay for bandwidth to offer their sites, customers pay their ISP for internet access, along comes Verizon to jump in the middle for what basically amounts to a shipping fee for a website so Verizon customers can access it.

I think that everything published was actually very logical.
But, consider this, suppose you added a little content?

I mean, I don’t wish to tell you how to run your website, but suppose you added a title to possibly get people’s attention?
I mean Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 10, 2013 |
Bill Mullins’ Weblog – Tech Thoughts is a little plain.

You might glance at Yahoo’s front page and watch how they create news titles to grab viewers to open the links.
You might try adding a video or a related picture
or two to grab people interested about everything’ve written.
Just my opinion, it could make your posts a little livelier.

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